Our customer is a company that provides maintenance and repair services for underwater pipelines in the field of hydrocarbon transportation and is part of a large oil and gas holding, looking for a «Head of Repair and Maintenance department».

Responsibilities:

• Act as senior representative of the offshore repair and maintenance discipline;
• Management and maintenance of company provided items;
• Provide technical support with respect to offshore pipeline integrity activities as senior member of the operations team;
• Development of an emergency pipeline repair system for offshore pipelines in accordance with rules and requirements, specifications and international standards, from preparatory through to execution and post-execution phase;
• Perform site visits to provide technical support or assist in troubleshooting activities related to offshore pipelines maintenance, repair or operation;
• Coordinate with external parties in relation to offshore operations;
• Interface with other internal discipline engineers with respect to survey, internal inspection, welding, NDE, QC, HSSE, permitting, cultural heritage, detailed design, procurement, subcontracts and supporting functions;
• Provide work scope-related technical support in co-ordination with other departments;
• Supervising and leading one of the disciplines within the offshore integrity management team;
• Developing and implementing the offshore repair and maintenance management strategy for offshore pipelines;
• Performing ad hoc, or on as requested basis, site visits to provide technical support or assist in troubleshooting activities related to offshore maintenance, repair and operation;
• Liaising with other teams (commercial, operations, quality and HSSE);
• Reviewing and challenging engineering procedures;
• Monitoring performance in according to plan, specifications, standards, schedule and work instructions;
• Implementing and actively driving best in business approach to integrity management and inspection regimes;
• Mentoring/ coaching (junior) discipline engineers to achieve effective knowledge transfer and application.

Requirements:

• Proven 15+ year of experience in technical roles in offshore construction projects of which at least 5 years’ experience with offshore maintenance in the petrochemical, refining, oil / gas exploration and/or production;
• At least 3 years’ experience in a leadership/supervisory capacity;
• Technical university degree, or equivalent supported by relevant experience and training;
• Strong knowledge of offshore structure design and fabrication;
• Be competent with major offshore pipeline codes & standards: DNV, API, ASME, ASTM, NACE;
• Fluent use of English language in spoken and written form;
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills and proven experience in managing contractors, sub-contractors and vendors;
• Experience in working with contractors, sub-contractors and vendors;
• Proven experience in training and education of (junior) discipline engineers;
• Experience of working in international and multicultural environment;
• Good interpersonal and communication skills in order to deal tactfully and effectively with internal/ external contacts at all levels;
• Ability to develop and build relationships;
• Excelent organisational and time management/ prioritization skills;
• Stress and crisis resistant, reliable and highly flexible;
• High energy level, self-motivated with the highest degree of honesty and integrity.

Conditions:

• Location – St. Petersburg (accommodation for nonresident);
• Official salary, official employment;
• Standard schedule.